Friday, August 18, 2017, 12:23 a.m.

Off the wire

By Democrat-Gazette Press Services

FOOTBALL Buyout paying Alvarez Wisconsin Athletic Director Barry Alvarez will earn $118,500 for returning to the sidelines to coach the Badgers in the Rose Bowl and a victory against Stanford will mean a $50,000 bonus. The executive committee of the university board of regents Tuesday agreed to the terms following the surprise departure last week of Coach Bret Bielema to take the same job at Arkansas. Alvarez was Wisconsin’s coach ...